In this guest article, writer Alvina Lopez highlights the benefits of writing guest posts to build your brand.

Due to receiving a steady stream of enquiries about submitting guests articles, I thought an F.A.Q. was in order. If you are a writer interested in submitting content to www.andrewkeir.com, then this is for you.

After months of neglect, andrewkeir.com gets a new Wordpress theme design. The old design can be seen above, while the new site is all around you.

After deleting the daily dose of spam from my blog earlier, I got to thinking… Between the spam filters, nofollow links and site administrators defending their blogs, is any of it getting through?

The default security of WordPress isn’t fantastic, by default anyone can access the admin section of your site to some extent. There is however a quick and easy method to prevent anyone not on your IP address from reaching the sensitive areas of your blog.

It’s been two years since I launched my first WordPress blog, in retrospect there’s a lot I could have done better. Here’s some advice on getting started, and mistakes to avoid when launching yours.